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New Zealand reclaimed the top spot in the World Rankings after beating Argentina 36-13 in their Rugby Championship fixture in Brisbane on Saturday. The All Blacks are now 10 points clear in the Rugby Championship table having won…

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) yesterday said they were warned of a ‘specific and credible threat’ against them before abandoning the Pakistan tour. The Black Caps pulled out of the one-day and Twenty20 series before the scheduled…

National champion Ranindu Liyanage and FIDE Master Sasith Piyumantha left for Bangladesh to participate in the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Grandmasters Chess Tournament, which began in Dhaka, Bangladesh yesterday. This is…

Len Ikitau and Marika Koroibete scored two tries apiece as Australia secured a second successive victory (30-17) over world champions South Africa in the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday. Ikitau touched down twice in…

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Captain Virat Kohli reckons the inclusion of Sri Lankan players Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera will benefit the franchise in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) leg of IPL 2021. Hasaranga…

Twenty year old Dilshan Arambegedara, Grade Thirteen student of Sri Rahula College, Katogastota in the commerce stream is a fine Cricketer who is a right hand batsman and a left arm leg spin bowler. He started Cricket in the School…

Nishon Perera played and vice-captained school rugby as a Number Eight and Centre three Quarter for his alma mater St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya at the Inter Schools Rugby Championship. He then went on to represent the Sri…

Four women boxers from the Sri Lanka Air Force will represent the country at the 58th World Military Boxing Championships, which began in Moscow, Russia yesterday. The four boxers were selected to compete in this event after…

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have decided to participate in next month’s ICC T20 World Cup with a squad of 35 players. After a discussion between the Cricket Selection Committee and SLC officials yesterday, it was decided to increase…

The New Zealand Men’s Cricket Team have abandoned their tour of Pakistan following a New Zealand Government ‘security alert’ yesterday. The Black Caps were due to play Pakistan in the first of three one-day internationals in…